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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

· 1919.

HER PAGE

EVENING WRAPS OF VELVET AND FÜR.

At the left is a delectable coat suited to either day or evening wear and fashioned of silver, gray chiffon retre! heavily trimmed with opossum.

Next is a rich model of black velre! very elaborately combined with Japanese metal cloth in a mingling of tarnishes silver and gold and chinchilla. The coat itself is draped to one side in front, while the back falis straight, the chole mounted on a deep yoke of the metal rath that, square in front and continued into a deep point in back, rolls over at the top into a luxurious collar weighted with a deep band of chinchilla.

Its sleeves, too, are novel. They start, in to be typically Japanese, but narrac toward the wrists into bell shapes. Finally, there is à really unique feature. A long train, nearly a yard browl, falls from between the coat and its lining and is banded nearly a quarter-yard deep with chinchilla.

At the extreme right is a novel 'wrap of Kerami cloth cut in cape design and very richly bordered with dyed for fur.

Designs of the Moment.

WOMAN AND SPORT.

A NEW IDEAL OF WOMAN'S BEAUTY.

There are certain situations in life which are not conducive to woman's beauty if we regard beauty of face AS her chief physical charm. If you watch young women playing golf. hockey, tennis, and other games, while there is no question as to the benefit of exercise to the general health you could not help noting that the effect on the face is often disastrous.

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One sees many photographs in the newspapers of these unfavour- able situations, girls bathing with their mouths wide open, and all the muscles of the face drawn in- to an ugly state, girls training for face competition. the muscles being similarly drawn taut as a consequence of the earnestness with which they re- gard the exercise. The new form of dancing gives another blow to beauty, or at least to the beauty to which we have become accustomed, and war work has had a very general result of that kied.

Perhaps we shall get a new ideal of women's beauty as the sex approximates more closely to the other in facial expression owing to taking part in the same Strenuous work and sport, but during the transition period wo- men are bound to lose a portion of their attractiveness to men who retain the old ideal

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Is it possible to do men's work and indulge in men's sport with- out developing annish pression of face? Not altogether, but the fault with women is that they put, too much soul and abandon into sport.

This is all to the good for health and for the production of strong muscles and sound neryes. Exercise not only accomplishes these things, but also it improves the digestion, aerates the blood and so makes the blood purer. The sense of well-being and joy of life are increased, so that even with some loss of beauty, exercise has ample compen sations.

THE GRECIAN COIFFURE.

The type of face which is best adapted to a simple Grecian coiffure designed for a well-shaped head and classic profile.

First of a series of articles on with her hairdressing. All she Hairdressing, which will appear needs to remember is to allow it to follow naturally the outline of weekly, on this page.

the head and to dress it simply.

For the well-shaped head, the high brow, and the classic profile, a sirople Grecian hairdress is the best. Let the hair fall in natural waves, and make it into a simple knot at the back. Do not pile it high, or pull it out about the

A whole book might be written on the arrangement of the hair, and the subject but half covered Nevertheless, it might be well

even then. To do the hair in the if women took their sport more

fashion most becoming to the quietly. A man plays tennis or

face, is an art that every woman should study until she has mast- cricket with very little facial ears. disturbance-certainly with much The object should be to let it cred every detail of it. There a time when the less than that of the average follow the outline of the head was never woman. There is no essential to reveal the shape of the head, styles of hairdressing were

elastic as now. Any style is reason, therefore, for the undue and frame the face naturally. distortion of the features one sees The woman with a beautifully correct, so long as it fits your

shaped head has little trouble particular type.

in sportswomen, and as, when repeated frequently, it leaves permanent traces, women would be well advised to avoid it as much as possible.

silhouette be said to be the mode? will hardly cause comment in Individualism is the cry of the their latest adaptation. The time age, and individualism in dress is gone, probably forever, when results, among other things, in one silhouette could be imposed. the fact that there can be on all of the women all of the

world and no distinctively new silhouette time. We look about the well- see we nowadays, making real novelty dressed

On one arm, she had a imagination. [tions. To those with there is a particular attraction silver band with strands of red about the high grey stone walls ostrich above and below it, and of design almost an impossibility.frocks inspired by all countries found in the heart of Paris, her head was wrapped in a red We may revive the modes of and all ages, worn it one bewilder- Egypt, of Byzantium, of Greece, ing jumble of all the feminine. glimpses of trees above them and and silver head-dress.

of Rome, or of the Middle Ages,fashions since the modem world great impressive gates set in them,! Madame Poiret looked like a but they have all been done before, began. leading to some green paradise of figure from the Russian ballet, in almost within the memory of the a garden and a stately home. It is a creation of her husband's, which in such settings as these that the he calls "Dollar Princess," and most recent debutante, and they no indication," said one woman fetes which were talked about for which is of an unevenly woven. more than one season used to be silver tissue and has the hips

"The only thing of which I see recently, is the bustle."..

JÖTTINGS.

The autumn sports suits are of rough homespun stitched with many rows of coarse, coloured silk.

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Smart frocks are more and more seen to be trimmed with ostrich banding and with ribbon.

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Dolmansof fur are of the richest and most elaborate character, And no sooner had she said it despite the report that the deiman

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a Lanvin came manikin wearing a taffeta frockype of wrap, in cloth is passe. with a double puff of silk shirred

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One of the loveliest of autumn in the back over a ribbon of red beads-an unmistakable bastle.blouse styles from the colour

of It remains to be seen, of course, standpoint is the effective cam- whether women will adopt and bination

given, when a pre-war city was extended with cricoline and their HAT OF CLOTH, than still in a fete-giving mood; and width accentuated with two large. more than one person felt con-plaques of silver fox. The corsagei vinced that the bad times must be is very low in the back but really over at last on the night the shoulders are covered with a L'Oasis," the jardin de swinging cape of the tissue. On that danse, in Poiret's garden, was her head.. she wore her new opened for invited guests with coiffure which consists of silver festival of light and colour.cloth wrapped tightly over the At one end of the garden was a hair and arranged in twisted platform for dancing, with a knot in the back, giving exactly orchestra-not a jazz band-for the effect of silver hair dressed the charm of the place is far too low. Immense earrings, one old-world for anything so blatant-large emerald ring, and the ly modern.

heelless slippers of a ballet dancer

the women in the wide-flounced! skirts

Up and down the steps leading completed the costume. to the platform fitted the danceze, THE MODE OF THE MOMENT, " which have suddenly Side by side with the wide become the rage. One of the Bounces were straight and narrow prettiest frocks bad" a foundation frocks, some hung with fringe of of black velvet with two immense beads, some of rich brocades, flounces of black Chantilly, sc full which certain women prefer to The most typical that they stood out all round as if furbelows.

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they had been wired. The bodice feature of the mode,

popularize it, but here if is. An lavender.

other Lanvin model is an autumn.

navy blue and

cape suit of navy blue taffeta with Many autumn advance suit the schoolboy collar and ribbon models are-a-combination of plaid ties which capes are now beginn-skirt and plain fabric coat. ing to have.

ALWAYE-CAPES.

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Square-neck finishes sad choker collars vie with the There is every indication that established necklines for popul- capes will maintain their trem-arity in blouses and waists rather endous vogue, and if skirts go than in dresses.

wide for morning wear, as they

have for afternoon and evening,

the cape will continue to be the

Paris is wearing a new silk

most popular wrap in Paris, since mousseline fabric coloured and

it so well accommodates the skirts printed in marvelous imitation of

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Some of the smartest little hats beneath. Everything from the leopard skin and combined with general adoption of wide skirts. down on one side to show a when on the same evening, o autumn are constructed of horse- Both modistes and furriers are was a one-aided affair slashed present time, is its catholicity: at mark the turn of the year into millinery to the furs points to the Yellow Chinese silk crepe.

Paris, still clings to the fur. swathed corsage of silver tissue, woman may wear the hoops of a and there was a great chour of Velasquez portrait, and another hair cloth, dyed in maise, copper, designing speciál models to go manteau and cape. The cepes "the same fabric on the right hip may wear velvet swathed "eo jade and blues. The threads of with pannier gowns, and the only are velvet lined to prevent Müs d'Hinnisdal was dancing in tightly around the body that she marying hus are interwoven, and the remaining question is whether slipping from the shoulders: Gray a red tulle gown with a swathed can hardly put one foot before result is twisted into bands about a

of silver and the other, and when both are

the double gowned unmistakably fm

our suites and on piece dresses | squirre will refer

to companion, fallos

as festionable as marthen made into For scarf and lined

AN IRISH BEAUTY.

d new photograph of Lady Cure

hot considered one of the

Lady Garzon

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